Hairpin



E. LA POUR Nov. 15, I 1938.

HAIRPIN Filed Aug. 6, 1936 Fuel.

INVENTOR EDWARD LAPOUR ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,136,883 HAIR PIN Edward La Pour, Milwaukee, Wis. Application August 6, 1936, Serial No. 94,610 1 Claim. (01. 132-62) This invention relates to improvements in hairvided with crimps 25, which extend in the same pins and has for its object to provide a hairpin general direction, and which are in substantial which is self-locking in the hair and cannot work transverse alinement, but out of transverse alineitself loose therefrom. ment with the crimps 23 and 24. The adjacent Another object of the invention is to provide a legs of the inner and outer legs have their crimps 5 hairpin having a series of three or more arms extending toward one another to form the decoacting with one another to form numerous sired hair-engaging clamps, and the crimps are clamps for engaging whisps of hair therebetween. in contact for a considerable distance so as to Another object of the invention is to provide a prevent displacement of the hair. hairpin formed of a plurality of three or more In Figure 2, I have illustrated a hairpin formed coacting cramped arms having the crimps therefrom three legs, embodying the principles of my of arranged in a novel manner for forming a invention. Thus, this pin includes apair of outer multiplicity of hair whisp engaging clamps, legs 40 and 4|, and a single intermediate leg- 42.

whereby the working loose of the pin from the The legs 40 and 4| are connected by means of a hair is prevented. bowed portion43, and the intermediate leg can With these and other objects in view, the inbe welded or otherwise secured thereto. The legs vention consists in the novel construction, ar- 40 and 4| intermediate their ends are provided rangement, and formation of parts, as will be with a series of crimps 44, which are arranged in hereinafter more specifically described, claimed, staggered relation, that is, the crimps are out of and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in transverse alinement. The center leg 42 is prowhich drawing: vided with a series of crimps 45, and this leg is 01. Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of my ima sinuous form, and the opposite bowed portions proved hairpin. thereof engage the inwardly directed portions of Figure 2 is a similar view illustrating a slightly the crimps of the outer legs to form a series of modified form of my improved hairpin. staggeredly arranged pairs of clamps. It is to be Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein noted that the crimps of the inner leg engage similar reference characters designate correthe crimps of the outer legs for a considerable spending parts throughout the several views, the distance, so as to provide additional lengths of numeral I5 indicates one form of my improved jaw faces for preventing the displacement of hairpin, which comprises a pair of outer legs l6 hair. and I1, and an inner pair of legs l8 and I9. All I lay particular stress on the novel manner in of the legs l6, l1, l8, and I9 extend in the same which the pin is formed, whereby I may be able direction, and are substantially parallel with one to obtain a series of hair-engaging clamps, which another throughout their entire lengths. The preclude the working loose of the pin. Thus, the 'outer ends of the legs l6 and I1 are connected hair is always held in aneat and attractive conditogether by substantially U-shaped bight portions tion.

20, and the inner ends of the legs l8 and I9 can Changes in details may be made without debe welded to the bight portion in any preferred parting from the spirit or the scope of my inmanner. vention, but what I claim as new is:

Intermediate their ends the legs are each pro- A hairpin comprising, a plurality of longitudi- 40 vided with novelly arranged crimps, which funcnally extending legs all connected at one end, at tion to form a plurality of resilient hair-engaging least one of said legs lying between the other clamps, whereby the displacement of the pin legs, all of said legs having a series of crimps, from the hair is prevented. certain of said crimps having parallel portions In Figure l, the outer legs I6 and H are proarranged in abutting facial contact to provide a vided with crimps 23 and 24, which extend in the series of clamps and a series of hair-receiving same direction, but which are out of transverse pockets.

alinement. The inner legs l8 and. I!) are pro- EDWARD LA POUR. 

